Thursday, October 23, 2014

"Perfected Chickpea Salad Sandwich"

I just bought the "Oh She Glows" book and I already LOVE it. This recipe is straight from the book! If you love sandwiches as much as I do you need to try this recipe out!


Ingredients:
- 1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed.
- 2 stalks celery, finely chopped.
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced.
- 1/4 cup finely chopped dill pickle.
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red belly pepper.
- 2 to 3 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise.
- 1 clove garlic, minced.
- 1 1/2 tspns yellow mustard.
- 2 tspns minced fresh dill.
- 1 1/2 to 3 tspns fresh lemon juice.
- 1/4 tspn fine-grain sea salt.
- freshly ground pepper.
- lettuce for serving.

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mash the chickpeas with a potato masher until flaky in texture.
 

2. Stir in the celery, green onions, pickles, bell peppers, mayonnaise, and garlic until combined.

3. Stir in the mustard and dill and season with lemon juice, salt, and black pepper, adjusting quantities to taste.


4. Serve with toasted bread, on crackers, in a tortilla or lettuce wrap, or on a leafy green salad.


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Thursday, October 16, 2014

    Pumpkin Walnut Bread



It's fall and that means PUMPKIN EVERYTHING! This is a simple recipe for delicious walnut pumpkin bread. 

Ingredients: 
1 cup flour
3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup dark sugar or cane sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup oil
3 Tbsp maple syrup
3 Tbsp water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Intructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F 
2. Grease and flour a loaf pan. 
3. In a large bowl, mix together flours, sugar, soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
4. In a small bowl, whisk together pumpkin, oil, syrup, and water.
5. Add wet mixture to dry; combine until just moistened. The batter will be very thick.
6. Fold in the walnuts.
7. Pour into loaf pan and bake for 45-50 min or until the top is browned.
8. Let the pumpkin walnut bread cool for 20 minutes!

Enjoy!

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